Gloucester car salesman jailed on charges of having sex with teen girl

March 27, 2014|By Matt Sabo, msabo@dailypress.com

GLOUCESTER — A salesman at a local car dealership has been arrested and jailed on charges that he had sex repeatedly with a young teenage girl last summer before the relationship was discovered by a member of his family.

Jason Daniel Niblett, 30, who lives on Vaden Drive, was arrested March 5 on two counts of carnal knowledge without the use of force of a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Niblett worked at Auto Max of Gloucester.

Niblett was arrested after the victim told Gloucester County Sheriff's investigators and a Department of Social Service employee that in early summer 2013 Niblett began complimenting her on her looks and later sexually assaulted her in a swimming pool, according to documents filed in Gloucester County Circuit Court.

The girl told investigators that beginning in June 2013, Niblett spoke with her about losing her virginity and got her drunk with bourbon before having sex with her, according to court documents. The girl told investigators she would have sex with Niblett multiple times per week through the summer, court documents say.

The girl told investigators that Niblett said he would kill her if she spoke of her relationship with him and that she feared him, according to court documents.

Niblett is being held in the Gloucester County Jail after his request for bond was denied in Circuit Court on March 11, records show.

Phone and email messages left on Thursday for Niblett's attorney, Brian Decker, were not immediately returned.